City Council · Regular Meeting, April 6, 2020

• City Manager's report2020 · #78✅ Order adopted, unanimousa request for the City Council to adopt a statutory small business exemption for personal property accounts equal to or less than $10,000.00 in assessed value, and if approved as a special act by the Legislature and Governor of the Commonwealth, for personal property accounts equal to or less than $20,000.00 in assessed valueSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Managerbudget📖 read CMA 2020 #78
• City Manager's report2020 · #79✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe transfer of $25,000 from the General Fund Electrical Department Salary & Wages Account to the Electrical Travel and Training account (Judgments and Damages) to cover medical services and/or prescription reimbursement costs for personnel injured in performance of their dutiesSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #79
• City Manager's report2020 · #80✅ Order adopted, unanimousthe appropriation of $16,620.00 from Free Cash to the General Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account for the support of the daytime operation of the First Church in Cambridge Shelter for the duration of the COVID-19 crisisSubmitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerhomelessnessCMA 2020 #80
• City Manager's report2020 · #81📁 Placed on file, 8–1an update on COVID-19Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City ManagerCMA 2020 #81

7 resident communications received for this meeting, on arts (2) · zoning (2) · broadband (1) · schools (1) · homelessness (1). Individual letters are summarized in the city's agenda and are not republished here, by policy.

• Policy order2020 · #74⊘ Order withdrawn, unanimousAsks the City Manager to confer with the relevant City departments to give the Council a financial impact summary on how the local Covid-19 response will be impacting the City’s free cash and ability to budget looking into July 1, 2021, and to report back to the City Council in a timely mannerCouncil requestbudgetCHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS ON APRIL 6, 2020POR 2020 #74
• Policy order2020 · #75✅ Order adopted, unanimousMayor’s Office be and hereby is urged to convene discussions with representatives of MIT and Harvard University to make determinations as to whether this year’s annual senior luncheon gatherings shall be delayed or cancelled, to determine whether alternative celebrations can be planned it their wake, and to report back to the City Council in a timely mannerCouncil orderPOR 2020 #75
• Policy order2020 · #76✅ Order adopted, unanimousAsks the City Manager to work with the relevant City departments to report back to the Council on what efforts have been made to work with other municipalities on this issue and to work with Cambridge’s State Delegation and the Governor’s office for a comprehensive regional housing plan to be put in place to house the homeless during the COVID-19 emergencyCouncil requesthomelessnesshousing generalPOR 2020 #76
• Policy order2020 · #77✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Manager expand tax-filing and stimulus benefit assistance to low-income and unhoused residentsCouncil orderhomelessnessPOR 2020 #77

• Resolution2020 · #91✅ Order adopted, unanimousResolution on the death of Maria MonizRES 2020 #91
• Resolution2020 · #92✅ Order adopted, unanimousCity Council go on record thanking the Black Student Union for their important video thanking the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School's Custodial and Food Servicepersons for their dedicated serviceCouncil orderlaborschoolsRES 2020 #92